Portfolio manager Cale Smith on investing, Spoke Funds®, and Islamorada in the Florida Keys.

A final reminder…the first annual Islamorada Fishing Film Festival will be this Sunday night, May 22nd, at Founders Park. You can find more info here, in this blog post, and you can buy tickets in advance online here. Gonna be a great show, and all proceeds are going to a good cause.

Capt. Will Benson will be coming up from the lower Keys to intro his fantastic new permit movie “Satori.” Will has previously won film festival awards for some of his earlier work, and he thinks Satori is his best work yet. And here’s some behind-the-scenes footage of Will and his guys doing what they do best…fishing hard, playing hard and shooting fishin’ flicks!

I’m happy to announce that the first annual Islamorada Fishing Film Festival will be held on Sunday, May 22, under the stars at Founders Park.

Great movies, great location, great cause. All proceeds go to United Way of the Florida Keys. If you like to fish or just cruise around on the gin clear waters of the Florida Keys, you’re going to love these flicks.

United Way has teamed up with the Fly Fishing Film Tour to bring you some of the best fishing films in the country, including a great new movie “Satori” about permit fishing, filmed by the Keys’ own Capt. Will Benson. Also a coup – getting to show the 1973 cult classic Tarpon, about which these distinguished gentlemen once said:

“Tarpon is a timeless and beautifully executed film about life, sport and culture. You’ll be moved, amused, outraged and, most of all, entertained.” – Tom Brokaw, Journalist and Author

“This long-lost gem of a film has acquired cult status in the fly fishing world, and with good reason. It has the most breathtaking footage of the tarpon-stalking experience that you’ll ever see. Like the fish itself, this is a work of art.” -—Carl Hiaasen, Author

Plus – beer, popcorn, celebrity judges, music by Micah and clips from locals, too. So please come on down if you can. You can buy your tickets right here.

Thanks and hope to see you there!

Take the day off to go bonefishing, and the market goes up 200 points. Hmmm.

Great day fishing today with Capt. Brian Helms and Redbone champ John Timura. They hit the flats to get ready for the Lucerne tournament this weekend. I tagged along hoping some fishin’ magic would rub off on me. Had a phenomenal time.

I wonder how much more the market would have gone up if that fish had reached eight pounds…